FIRST EDITION IN TWO VOLUMES. NO DATE BUT 1831-38 WITH THE SECOND VOLUME BEING PUBLISHED BY CURRIE AND BOWMAN OF NEWCASTLE. A.E.G. HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS GILT PAGE EDGES. WITH 155 HAND-COLOURED PLATES OF EGGS BY HEWITSON. ANTIQUARIAN BOOKPLATE TO EACH VOLUME. SOME FOXING TO THE ENDPAPERS OF BOTH VOLUMES THEREAFTER VERY CLEAN WITH ONLY SPORADIC FOXING TO VOLUME 2. ALMOST ALL PLATES VERY CLEAN. FIRMLY BOUND. SLIGHT SCUFFING TO THE LEATHER BUT A VERY GOOD SET. VERY SCARCE INDEED.
A SCARCE COPY IN RED BOARDS WITH DAMP STAINING. PREVIOUS OWNER`S STICKER ON INSIDE FRONT BOARD. SOME FOXING AND ALSO AROUND THE PAGE EDGES. A SCARCE BOOK SO PRICED ACCORDING TO CONDITION.
NEW NATURALIST SERIES. VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. REPRINT. 53 COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN MARKHAM BRIAN PERKINS F. BALLARD AND OTHERS. 27 PHOTOGRAPHS IN BLACK AND WHITE. 8 MAPS AND 2 DIAGRAMS. INSCRIPTION ON FEP.
FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY IN PROTECTED DUSTWRAP – FOXING TO BACK OF DW BUT MUCH BETTER THAN AVERAGE CONDITION. NUMBER 10 IN THE NEW NATURALIST SERIES.
